beer

The demand for organics is growing in every sector of the food system, and booze is no exception. Organic beer sales increased by 40 per cent in 2005 and it's not slowing down.
Crannog ales is B.C's little gem of a microbrewery. The farm and brewery work together to create a completely organic beer. They also treat and re-use our wastewater, creating a zero-emissions system. The downside is that if you'd like to try this beer, you basically have to live in the Shuswap region.
Pacific Western Brewing Co. is another B.C organic beer. Like Crannog, Pacific Western uses fresh spring water that is so pure, it can be used untreated. They created Canada's first organic beer in 1997.
The Nelson Brewing Company is over one hundred years old and was recently certified organic. Again, you have to be lucky enough to live nearby this wonderful little town to taste the brew, they export to within about a hundred kilometer radius.
Alberta has the Wild Rose brewing company. They make delicious beer - my personal most favorite beer in the world, Velvet Fog, comes from this organic brewery. Finding this beer outside of Calgary is a challenge though. As with most companies that abide by an organic philosophy, exporting to far away defeats the purpose entirely because of the carbon emissions created.
Aside from the obvious problems that come from drinking (ie. alcoholism), conventional beer and alcohol is full of ingredients that have a causal tie to cancer. Especially mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus cancer. Asbestos and arsenic compounds are regularly found in alcoholic drinks.
Now that St. Patrick's Day is over, perhaps your liver is in need of a little detox. When you hop back off the wagon, seeking out local and organic beer might be a good idea.